What To Make for Holiday Brunch:15 Deeply Delicious Brunch Recipes

My husband and I of necessity are beginning our own Christmas morning traditions this year, and I'm looking for the best, most delicious brunch recipes for our table. Ideally they could be made ahead and baked on Christmas morning. I'm eyeing Emma's pumpkin cinnamon rolls, or perhaps Nealey's famous monkey bread. Or Elizabeth's breakfast strata with pancetta and Gruyere, or a batch of cinnamon cream cheese breakfast bars. It's hard to narrow it down — here's a look at 15 of the best holiday brunch recipes in our archive. I can guarantee that you'll find something to make for your own holiday brunch tradition too!

What precipitated my brunch search? Christmas morning is, in my family, the hallowed moment of brunch. I and my seven younger siblings would creep downstairs on Christmas morning eager to open stockings and gifts, but lured by the aroma of my mother's gooey cinnamon rolls. Rolls, egg casserole, a big bowl of fruit salad fresh and cold — these are the tastes of Christmas morning.

This year, however, there is no Christmas morning at my parents' house. With my siblings increasingly married off, and all the to-and-froing that comes at the holidays, juggling multiple families, we are now gathering on Christmas afternoon. Afternoon?! What's up with that? Brunch must still be had — and here are the recipes that call to me the most!

What's your holiday brunch tradition? Do any of these fit into your menu, or do you have family favorites that reappear every year? I just met a woman who makes popovers every Christmas — it's the thing that her now grown kids still insist upon! (Doesn't that sound lovely?)

Faith is executive editor of The Kitchn and author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning The Kitchn Cookbook, coauthored with Sara Kate Gillingham, as well as Bakeless Sweets. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Mike.